A person who is not a hippie, but into organic products and cares about the earth. They may wear birkenstocks with wool socks, mostly don't wear makeup, and are a genuinely laid back and cool group. You want tolerance? They won't go through the effort of causing drama - they'd rather be hiking.

A granola cruncher is a a tye-dye wearing, birkenstock wearing, tree hugging, laid back cool person.

The sort of people who hate the same government and military that is the only reason they're not speaking German or Russian right now. While the fact that they're not actively repressed is an important sign that free speech is still very much alive and well, it doesn't make them any less annoying.

Granola Cruncher: OMG like fair trade, stop the war, globalization is bad and stuff, I hate Bush because Vegan Times said he's mean, wow birkenstocks are cool.